Sekirov Dictionary

chatoyant

/ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənt/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

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Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
- I managed to move sufficiently to see at the top, as I fired up the stairs, the yellow face of Dr. Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom. — 1913

noun1

A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.

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